Windows Jenkins does not run mygame.exe

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Hello,

I installed Jenkins via a installer.

I could run Unity build and got mygame.exe.
I tried to execute the exe for auto playing.

stage('AutoPlay') {
      steps {
        script{
          def s = """\
${WORKSPACE}\\BW\\z000\\game\\mygame.exe """
			def ret = bat(returnStatus: true, script: s)

But nothing happened, no error.
I replaced mygame.exe with other executable files, but same results.
I think that Jenkins looks like running only executable files under Program Files.
I want to run any .exe in Jenkins.
How should I do?

Thanks.

Jenkins setup: 
Jenkins: 2.426.2
OS: Windows 10 - 10.0
Java: 17.0.5 - Oracle Corporation (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM)
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A StackOverflow article explains that if a Jenkins agent on Windows needs to interact with the Windows desktop (for example, to run “mygame.exe” in automatic play mode), then the agent must be run from the Windows desktop.

When the Jenkins controller is run as a service, it cannot interact with the Windows desktop. You’ll need to define an agent in that Windows controller and run that agent from within Windows desktop. A batch script that starts the agent immediately after Windows login is one way to do that.

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3

Really Thanks!!!
I removed a Windows Jenkins service.
And then simply called

java -jar Jenkins.war

This worked well !

4

@MarkEWaite i have a same scenario, I have to run program.exe file from my window machine and locally I’m to do it.
But I setup jenkins on same machine and when I try to execute program.exe file I’m getting same error not interact able.

I start Jenkins via Java -jar Jenkins.war and it’s working perfectly fine and opening program.exe
But my requirement to achieve it via jenkins as window service.
Can you please guide how I can achieve it through jenkins as service ?

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See the earlier answer. You must define an agent that runs from the Windows desktop. The Jenkins agent cannot interact reliably with a desktop when running as a service.